13 August 2013

I am sure that by now, if you don't have a garden of your own, your neighbours are stealing into your yard in the wee hours of the morning and leaving care packages of zucchini on your porch. Or perhaps you are covertly picking the locks of your neighbours cars and leaving them in their baby car seats.

If this sounds all too true you have hit the mother load!!! People seem to have a love/hate relationship with this prolific summer squash. I am a lover of zucchini so am always looking for new ways to highlight it's delicate flavour. This squash truly shines by mid-summer. As a home cook, I'm partial to the sweet, young version, whose delicate, creamy flesh lends itself well to both raw and cooked dishes. I avoid the large, mature zucchini that haunt the stalls at many markets in late summer which have waterlogged, fibrous bodies and bitter seeds. You know it had to happen when being overrun with copious amounts of zucchini that a round up of recipes using zucchini would spring from these pages. If you are going to celebrate summer then your neighbours might not be upset if you leave one of these delicious dishes on their porch instead.

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This is the best collection of zucchini recipes I've seen. So many zucchini recipes are desserts and loaded with sugar. This makes me want to rush to the farmer's market and buy everything they have, unless of course I happen to have a generous neighbor or two with a garden. Great choice for the first one Val. I would start with the roesti too.Sam

i foolishly made to decision not to grow courgettes this year as last year we had such a bad time of it. We chose to grow cucumber instead and they're doing so well I now feel we should have gone for courgettes too!... arrrggghhh!... and now with all you stunning recipes I feel even more the fool!... oh well, i'll have to go 'forage' at the neighbours!

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My blog More Than Burnt Toast has been my passion for almost 9 years and has evolved with me over time as I have gained confidence in the kitchen. Follow my travels through Italy and Greece one recipe at a time, upcoming cooking classes at local Okanagan wineries and restaurants, as well as daily experimentation in my own kitchen. Every day we should be excited about what we are eating even if it just means making use of a wonderful find at our local farmers market. I look forward to getting to know you.